John s



(No Model.)

J. S. PATMORE.

THREE WHEELED VEHICLE.

No. 417,332. I Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

yjfmew J fwd (oz a I @513 fibre 614G1 1 N. PETERS. Pholwlflhographar, Washington, LUC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. PATMORE, OF TERRE IIAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES 'B. DOLSON, OF SAME PLACE.

TH REE-WH EELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,332, dated December 17, 1889.

Application filet August 28, 1889. Serial No. 322,236. (No model.) i

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN S. PATMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of In diana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Three-WV heeled Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to three-wheeled vehicles designed for use either for pleasureriding or for transporting articles from one point to another, but particularly the former.

Among the objects designed to be attained by the special construction hereinafter illustrated and described at length are to lessen the draft or strain upon the animal used to draw the vehicle; to so distribute the weight within the body of the vehicle that the major portion of the Weight will come nearer the rear portion of the running-gear than to the front or forward portion of the same; to provide for getting into and alighting from the vehicle with very little, if any, danger of coming in contact with the wheels of the vehicle and thus soiling the garments of the persons desiring to enter the vehicle; to permit the vehicle to be readily turned around within'a distance practically equal to its own length; to practicallypreclude the possible overturning or upsetting of the vehicle under most circumstances attending its use; to place the draft-animal so far in front of the body of the vehicle as to prevent a fractious animal or kicking one from injuring the running-gear or other portion of the vchicle,and,

"finally, to provide a strong, safe, and conven- 4.0

ient structure of its class at 'a less expenditure of money than would be necessitated in constructing a four-wheeled vehicle as now commonly made.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top or plan view of the running-gear, the body portion of the vehicle being removed. Fig. 2 is a bot tom plan view showing-the lower side of the running-gear, and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the longitudinal median line of the vehicle.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the main or rear axle of the vehicle, which is supported upon the two riding-wheels B C.

D is the reach, which is nearly U shape in plan view, the rounded end or bottom of the U forming the front end of the reach. At its front end the reach D is provided with a circular integral part E, which is preferably bent to shape by steaming the wood of which it is formed, or it may be made in any other suitable manner that will fit it for its position in the said running-gear. The reach D is ironed on its lower face throughout its entire length.

Immediately beneath the circle E, at the front of the reach, I provide a fifth-wheel F, in which the shaft G of the third wheel is journaled in boxes H H, secured to the lower face of parallel bars I I, secured by bolts to the lower face of the fifth-wheel at their rear ends and connected at their front ends to the lower face of the draft-bar K, intermediate of the ends of the same. An angular tie-bar J is also secured at its ends to the lower face of the draft-bar K, and is provided at its apex with a toe N, which engages the projecting rim P of the iron at the front or rounded end of the reach of the running-gear. The thills Q are connected to the draftbar K in the usual manner.

Immediatelyin front of the rear wheels the reach is provided with step-irons R to enable persons to enter and leave the body of the vehicle conveniently. The sides of the reach are provided 011 their upper faces and near the rear ends of the arms of the reach. with outwardly-projecting arc-shaped plates S, which form stepsfor enabling persons to enter the vehicle-body and occupy the rear seat of the same.

The front seat- U of the vehicle is made entirely removable, so that it may be taken out 7 from the body or turned up out of the way when need be.

The body of the vehicle is mounted upon The operation of the vehicle will be obvious when the drawings and description are taken together, the objects of the invention having been before fully stated. The [ii'th wheel is also connected to the cross-bar by side braces extending forward therefrom to points on the cross-bar immediately in rear of the thill-eyes, so that the requisite strength is given to the parts connected with the fifthwheel to enable it to work properly and successfully under any ordinary strain to which it may be subjected.

Having thus described my invention, hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the supporting and guide wheels, of the U shaped reach, the fifth-wheel connected thereto, the thills connected with the front cross-bar, the trans verse springs secured to the under side of the U-shaped reach, and the body secured to the middle portions of said transverse springs, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the axle, of the rear supporting or riding wheels, the U-shaped reach, the guide-wheel at the front thereof, the hinged thills connected with the front cross-bar, the side steps and curved plates secured to the side bars of the reach, and the vehicle-body secured to the middle portions of the transverse springs connected to the U shaped reach, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. PATMORE.

Witnesses:

J. B. DOLSON, AUG. STUKENBERG. 

